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Cc: Dak Ghatikachalam <dghatikachalam@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Question:encryption tool.
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> I am looking for any suggestion on using the right tool  that I can use to
> perform the   encryption/decryption for flat files.
>
> We have a requirement to encrypt 15 flat files and be dumped on tape and be
> stored in remote site  facility for later business resumption.
>
> or in the crash/fire/emergency situation for the recovery purposes.
>
> For consistency I am planning to use the same tool across our Solaris, Linux
> and Freebsd OS oracle database environments.

Check out SysAdmin magazine's article "Backup Encryption" from the
March 2007 issue. It looks like exactly what you're looking for:

http://www.samag.com/documents/s=10118/sam0703b/0703b.htm

HTH,

David
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David Robillard
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